PSC Baseball drops non-league game at St. Joseph's

Apr 18, 1999

PLYMOUTH, N.H. - A four-run rally in the top of
the ninth inning by Plymouth State College went for naught Sunday
when St. Joseph's plated one run in the bottom of the inning and
came away with an 8-7 non-conference baseball victory over the
Panthers.

PSC, which had won five of its previous six games, drops back to
the .500 mark, falling to 11-11-1.

The Panthers got three runs to grab a 3-1 lead in the second
inning when junior 2B Jason Freeman (Manhasset,
NY) cracked his first career home run, a two-run blast, and the
next batter, freshman C/DH Matt Price (Epping,
NH), connected on his first career round-tripper, one of his three
hits on the day.

St. Joe's battled back in the fifth inning, getting four runs
off PSC starter Chris Mann (Leominster, MA) to
take a 5-3 lead. SJC's Chris Lord had a key hit with an RBI double,
and Dave Quintal followed with a three-run homer. The Monks added
solo runs in the sixth and eighth innings, taking a 7-3 lead to the
ninth inning.

Sophomore Dakota Smith (Rochester, NH) and
Price started PSC's rally with singles, and after George
Gauthier (Rochester, NH) was hit by a pitch with one out,
senior SS Todd Steffanides (Fitchburg, MA) knocked
in two runs with a single. Steffanides finished the day 4-for-5.
Pinch-runner Drew Leavitt (Turner, ME) also scored
and Steffanides advanced to third on an outfielder's error, and
Steffanides tied the game when he scored on a sacrifice fly by
Jim Freda (Windham, NH).

St. Joseph's loaded the bases in the bottom half of the ninth
off PSC reliever Shane Balon (Manchester, NH) on a
hit, an error and an intentional walk, and winning run came home on
a one-out single by Mike Greve.